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My Sister's Birthday

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written by Owen Ashworth (BMI)

lyrics

my sister & me
we don't see eye to eye
she's got religion
& I don't ask why
her husband & kids
they all pray to the sky

it was my sister's birthday
the other night
36 candles
for someone to light
but I didn't call her
& I didn't write

oh
when we were kids
she stuck up for me
when no one else did

my sister's got a scar
under her eye
where I hit her with a sparkler
when she was 5
on the Klamath River
the 4th of July

my sister's got a heart
that's open wide
can't seem to talk
without making her cry
to bring up the past
is like twisting a knife

oh
when we were kids
she stuck up for me
when no one else did

credits

from A Shut​-​In's Prayer, released May 15, 2012
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Owen Ashworth sang & played Rhodes, bass synth, piano, rhythm box & percussion
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